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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dinesen and Bror do after Thomas left the farm?
(a) Separated.
(b) Sold the farm.
(c) Built a school.
(d) Hired a new foreman.

2. Who was Thomas?
(a) Dinesen's brother.
(b) The butler.
(c) Bror's valet.
(d) Dinesen's lover.

3. Who was Dinesen's younger sister?
(a) Eva.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Ellen.

4. What pen name did Dinesen adopt?
(a) Oleander.
(b) Orion.
(c) Osceola.
(d) Orpheus.

5. What was Dinesen's most famous literary work?
(a) Out of Africa.
(b) Babbette's Feast.
(c) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(d) The Sound and the Fury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen choose to do to relieve stress and anxiety?

2. By what other name was Dinesen called?

3. Which pet of Dinesen's died during this period?

4. In what year did Wilhelm Dinesen marry?

5. With whom did Dinesen build a rapport while in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Dinesen so prolific in her condemnation of racism and prejudice against the Kenyan people?

2. How did Hans Blixen's rejection of Dinesen ironically work in her favor in terms of what her Aunt Bess wanted for her?

3. What was the nature of the conflict between Dinesen and her Aunt Bess?

4. How could Dinesen's marriage to Bror best be described?

5. How could Dinesen's writing style best be characterized, and what was her most famous literary work?

6. How did Bror react to Dinesen's affair with Denys?

7. What decision did Dinesen make to end her period of indecisiveness?

8. Why did Dinesen have difficulty fitting in with the aristocratic landowners in Africa?

9. How did Dinesen and Bror celebrate in Paris after a good coffee harvest in 1918?

10. How did World War I put even more strain on Dinesen's relationships with the aristocratic landowners?

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